Futures
Strategic Employer Development Lead
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🚀 Strategic Employer Development Lead
Grade 6 (£33,313 - £37,669) | 37 Hours per Week | Nottinghamshire
Build Partnerships. Create Opportunities. Change Lives.
Are you an experienced employer engagement, recruitment, or business development professional who thrives on building meaningful partnerships?
At Futures, we're looking for a Strategic Employer Development Lead to develop employer relationships that create real opportunities for people facing barriers to employment. You'll work with employers across a range of sectors, helping to shape recruitment pathways, influence workforce planning, and drive social impact through sustainable employment opportunities.
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What you'll be doing
- 🤝 Building and managing strategic employer partnerships
- 📈 Developing an employer engagement strategy aligned to contract and organisational goals
- 💼 Creating pathways into employment, work placements, apprenticeships, and work trials
- 🌍 Championing inclusive recruitment and helping employers remove barriers to employment
- 📊 Using labour market intelligence to identify opportunities and inform programme design
- 🎤 Representing Futures across business, employer, and stakeholder networks
Requirements
- ✅ Experience in employer engagement, recruitment, employability, or business development
- ✅ Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- ✅ Commercial awareness, negotiation, and influencing skills
- ✅ Knowledge of employability, skills, or welfare-to-work programmes
- ✅ A genuine passion for social mobility and improving employment outcomes for disadvantaged communities
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Why join Futures?
- 💙 Make a lasting difference to people's lives
- 📚 Ongoing professional development opportunities
- 🤝 Collaborative and supportive culture
- 🚀 Opportunity to shape a growing service and influence employer practice
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